[CPEO-BIF] Union Pacific Maintenance Rail yard, Lafayette, LA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Attorney wants city to conduct testing on water system after contaminants found; LUS says water safe

By Lester Duhé 
KLFY TV-10 News (Lafayette, LA)
April 12, 2018 

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - A press conference was held Wednesday about a lawsuit concerning possible groundwater contamination in Lafayette.

It stems from chemical leaks at a Union Pacific Rail yard more than 20 years ago.

The lawsuit was filed against Union Pacific Railroad, on behalf of the Salvation Army in 2016.

Environmental lawyer Bill Goodell says the city's water could be threatened with contamination.

That's after he and a former D.E.Q. Secretary reviewed environmental tests done in the rail yard, before filing his Salvation Army v. Union Pacific case back in 2016.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.klfy.com/news/local/attorney-wants-city-to-conduct-testing-on-water-system-after-contaminants-found-lus-says-water-safe/1116791580

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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